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The Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR published a one-volume dictionary named Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language in 1964, which covered more than six thousand words. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the Dictionary of the Dialects of the Azerbaijani language was published.
The Turkic language of Azerbaijan gradually supplanted the Iranian languages in what is now northwestern Iran, and a variety of languages of the Caucasus and Iranian languages spoken in the Caucasus, particularly Udi and Old Azeri. By the beginning of the 16th century, it had become the dominant language of the region.
Azerbaijani is the sole official language of Azerbaijan and is spoken by the majority of its population. However, several minority languages also exist in the country, including Lezgian, Talysh, Avar, Russian, and Tat. Additionally, languages such as Tsakhur and Khinalug are spoken by a small percentage of the population.
Azeri, is split up into two distinct languages. [32] North Azerbaijani (based on the Shirvan dialect and spoken in the Republic of Azerbaijan [33]) and South Azerbaijani (based on the Tabriz dialect and spoken in Iranian Azerbaijan [34]) Both sublanguages are Oghuz languages (a sub-branch of the Turkic languages) and are mutually intelligible ...
Examples of its detachment date to the 14th century or earlier. [2] [3] Several major authors helped to develop Azerbaijani literature from the 14th century until the 17th century and poetry figures prominently in their works. Towards the end of the 19th century, popular literature such as newspapers began to be published in Azerbaijani language.
Thus, the Iranian languages are the basis of such toponyms as Baku, Lankaran, Absheron and others, the Caucasian languages are the basis of the toponyms Khachmaz, Dustair, Jibis etc. [4] Nadir shah, King of Persia ordered the foundation of Agsu city whose name means white water in Azerbaijani. [5] Between 1987 and 2018, 16 cities out of 66 were ...
Azari or the Ancient Language of Azerbaijan (Persian: آذری یا زبان باستان آذربایجان, romanized: Âzari yâ Zabân-e Bâstân-e Âzarbâyjân) is a treatise written by the Iranian scholar Ahmad Kasravi in 1925, about the history of the Azeri language. This book has been approved by orientalists.
The Azerbaijanis speak the Azerbaijani language, a Turkic language descended from the branches of Oghuz Turkic language that became established in Azerbaijan in the 11th and 12th centuries CE. The Azerbaijani language is closely related to Qashqai , Gagauz , Turkish , Turkmen and Crimean Tatar , sharing varying degrees of mutual intelligibility ...